BayDance - December

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Nov. 27 – Dec. 13	ODC/DANCE The Velveteen Rabbit Created by ODC Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson Featuring Energetic Dancing by ODC/Dance, Recorded Narration by Geoff Hoyle, Original Costumes and Set Design by Brian Wildsmith, Musical Score by Benjamin Britten. See web site for performance events.	Novellus Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Dec. 3, 7:30 PM Dec. 4, 4:30 and 7:30 PM Dec. 5, 2:00, 4:30 and 7:30 PM	The Contra Costa Ballet Foundation Story of the Nutcracker Guest Artists: David Fonnegra, Ashley Ivory, Charles Anderson, Kristin Lindsay, Marlene Swendsen, Scott Pascal, Katarina Wester	Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
Dec. 3, 7:00pm-9:30 pm: Film Screening to Benefit the Parachute Fund at Rialto Cinema, Berkeley.	*LA DANSE: Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris* Frederick Wiseman's latest documentary LA DANSE devotes most of its time to watching impossibly beautiful young men and women - among them Nicolas Le Riche, Marie-Agnes Gillot, and Agnes Letestu - rehearsing the choreography of Mats Ek, Wayne McGregor, Rudolf Nureyev, and Pina Bausch. Read all about it! BayDance.com Interview with Frederick Wiseman	Opens on Friday, December 4th at the Balboa Theatre in San Francisco, Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley, and Rialto Cinemas Lakeside in Santa Rosa
Dec. 3-5	YOUTH SPEAKS AND YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS LEFT COAST LEANING FESTIVAL A celebration of West Coast Dance, Theater, & Music with Rennie Harris PureMovement, Amy Seiwert, Lauren Whitehead, ODC/Dance, and others.	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum, San Francisco
Dec. 4-20	Mark Foehringer Dance Project The Nutcracker at the Zeum Choreographed and directed by Mark Foehringer. Featuring Mark Foehringer Dance Project\|SF’s professional contemporary ballet company, performing with the MFDP\|SF2 youth company, and live music performed by Magik*Magik under the direction of Michael Morgan.	Zeum Theater, San Francisco
Dec. 8-27	San Francisco Ballet NUTCRACKER Set in early twentieth-century San Francisco, features choreography by Helgi Tomasson, scenic design by Tony Award winner Michael Yeargan, costume design by Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by James F. Ingalls, and projection design by Wendall K. Harrington.	War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
Dec. 12–13, 8:00 PM	Catherine Galasso Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice San Francisco Film Society presents a multimedia dance, theater and projected video performance: a critical, virtual journey through the psyche of Roy Sullivan—the real-life American who purportedly holds the world record for being struck by lightning seven times.	SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco
Dec. 12-13, 8:00 pm	Kate Weare Company Bridge of Sighs project agora (Kara Davis) A Softened Law and one Tuesday afternoon...	ODC Theater, San Francisco
Dec 9-13,	Smuin Ballet *The Christmas Ballet* With new choreography from Amy Seiwert, Robert Sund and others.	Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Dec. 9- Jan. 31	Keith Hennessy’s A Queer 20th Anniversary 2009 - 2010 Celebrates the 20th anniversary of Keith Hennessy’s coming out solo performance, Saliva, with a full season of events including performances, publications, a queer performance marathon, and a laboratory...The season highlights grassroots arts spaces and their contributions to aesthetic experimentation and community organizing in San Francisco.	CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street, SF 94103 Restaging at the original site under a freeway off 2nd St. Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, 1519 Mission Street, SF 94103 Dance Mission Theatre, 3316 24th Street, SF 94110 (415) 826-4441
Dec. 10, 5:00PM – 7:30PM	Ballet San Jose 4th Annual Nutcracker Opening Night Celebration Festive fundraiser includes live entertainment, Donation Drawings, a Silent Auction and a showing of Bollywood gowns by Bay Area Designer SWATI. Following a glamorous cocktail party with supper-by-the bite presentations by some of the Bay Area’s top chefs, guests will enjoy the Opening Night performance of the 30th Anniversary Production of Dennis Nahat’s THE NUTCRACKER.	The Tented Pavilion at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
Dec. 10-27 See web site for schedule	Ballet San Jose The Nutcracker Choreography by Dennis Nahat Music by Tchaikovsky, performed live by Symphony Silicon Valley The theater is replete with lavish lobby decorations, a boutique of ballet and holiday treasures, choirs singing carols, the "Pocket Lady" passing out free toys, and characters from the show posing for photos with the children and their families.	Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose
Dec. 11, 6:30pm Dec. 12, 1:30 and 6:30pm	Morgan Hill Dance Center and Morgan Hill Ballet's Nutcracker A cast of over 100 dancers from Morgan Hill and neighboring cities. Exciting, new choreography, brilliant costumes and a heartwarming cast.	Morgan Hill Dance Center, Morgan Hill
Dec. 11, 7:00 p.m. Dec. 12, 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. Dec. 13, 3:00 p.m. Dec. 17-18, 7:00 p.m. Dec. 19, 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. Dec. 20, 3:00 p.m.	Cal Performances Mark Morris Dance Group The Hard Nut Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut, a delightful twist on the Nutcracker ballet and a Bay Area holiday favorite, is performed by Mark Morris Dance Group with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Cole.	Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
December 12, 18, 19 & 20: 7:00 p.m; Matinee December 12, 13, 19 & 20: 2:00 p.m.	Valley Dance Theatre Nutcracker	Bankhead Theater, Livermore
Dec. 12, 2:30 PM Dec. 7:00 PM (Holiday Gala) Dec. 13, 11:00 AM 3:00 PM.	Dance Along Nutcracker 24th year! Don a costume and join this San Franciso tradition. This year's costume theme is western wear - cowboy hats and tutus. No tutu? No problem! Rent a tutu and magic wand at the Tutu Rental Booth. Accompanied by the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band.	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum, San Francisco
Family Matinee, Dec. 13, 3:00 pm	Presidio Dance Theatre Junior Company WINTER WONDERLAND: CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS ACROSS CULTURES	Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco
Dec 16-27,	Smuin Ballet *The Christmas Ballet* With new choreography from Amy Seiwert, Robert Sund and others.	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Dec. 18-19, 8:00 pm	Christine Cali Veils and Apparitions A poetic landscape, where boundaries bend between the folds of the human psyche. An evening of new works by a collective of artists who share an interest in collaboration and the intersection between dance, live music, and visual design. Amy Lewis, Sonsheree Giles/Caroline Penwarden, Agnes Szelag, Janet Das/Raja Das	The Garage, San Francisco
Dec. 20, 5:00 pm	Bayer Ballet WINTER FAIRY TALE In the World Famous Russian Ballet Style Holiday ballet performance for all ages. See a wizard bring to life a touching fairy tale full of magic, beauty, and intrigue. With spectacular costumes, special effects, and technical precision of movement set to the beautiful music of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.	Mountain View Center for The Performing Arts
Dec. 24, 11:00 am Dec. 26, 2:00 pm & 7:30pm Dec. 27, 2:00 pm	Oakland Ballet Company Nutcracker Carlos Carvajal's Nutcracker accompanied by live music from the Oakland East Bay Symphony	Paramount Theatre, Oakland

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Updated December 9, 2009

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